I’m anxious to see the roster for the upcoming season. There have been rumors (and other rumors contradicting said rumors) that Smirnov is staying in Russia and playing for Sochi in the KHL instead of coming to Penn State. That would be a big loss. But that’s life when you start getting higher end recruits – they turn pro sooner rather than later.

I know 4 of the 9 for sure. I think I know 4 of the other 5. The 9th guy looks like a kid I expected in next year’s class. And there are 2-3 missing. I wish hockey got as much press as basketball. It’s so difficult to get info on college hockey.

I believe I was correct about one guy in the pic above being Biro – who I thought would be in the '17 class.

According to this article, Alex Stevens is not in this class despite signing his LOI a couple months ago (pretty sure there was a pic and everything of the event).

Trevor Hamilton is not a freshman though. I believe he’ll be a junior – he played for Miami one season and I think just one game of a second. That makes him a junior by the rules as I know them.

Smirnov is still listed in this class. He wasn’t in the pic. And another person is missing. Trying to guess based on the small sample of photos available, Sean Kohler? Anyone? Lar? You are the insider, right?

I know 4 of the 9 for sure. I think I know 4 of the other 5. The 9th guy looks like a kid I expected in next year’s class. And there are 2-3 missing. I wish hockey got as much press as basketball. It’s so difficult to get info on college hockey.[/quote]

Nate Sucese and Denis Smirnov are the two missing in this photo from the 11 listed in the article attached in another post as being on the roster this fall. Per Bill Downey, both are expected to begin classes in August. At least for now, that shoots down the rumor of Smirnov signing with the KHL team that drafted him two years ago.

– except for the goalie pulled from the club team as the #3. At least they have his name, number and class standing listed. I’m not sure how hard it is to get the rest of the info – I found it here in under a minute:

Technically only beer at the refreshment stands and wine in the high rent district - and only for the NHL preseason game later this month, but it’s assuredly a sign of things to come.[/quote]

I’d be happy is I could just get a decent meal there. I drive up pretty much straight from work to most games. I don’t have time to stop somewhere to eat. I get there and the best food available is Subway??? That sucks.

Lar, you are missing these two commits and I believe Jimmy Dowd and Paul DeNaples as well on your HockeyValley site. Jimmy and Paul are linked on the previous page (Cappy linked Jimmy’s tweet and I linked an article on Paul).

Thanks for doing that by the way. You often catch things I don’t. And I spend a lot of time digging around. So I have no clue how you stay ahead of me given all of your other hobbies.